The Barnes & Noble Nook App Store is set to shutdown on March 15th 2016. I first made some of my apps available and joined the Nook App Store on March 6th 2013. My relationship with the Nook App Store during those two years was positive overall. There are things that I liked and disliked about the app store, but overall I’m definitely glad I put in the work to release some of my older and new apps on it. One of the main aspects that I liked about the Nook App Store was its focus on educational apps for children. It was the only app store that had several specific categories for different educational segments like time & money, writing, math, memory, geography and many others. Another thing that I really liked about the Nook App Store were their seasonal promotions were they would let developers submit their seasonal apps for consideration to be a part of a special temporary seasonal section. Several of my apps were approved for these promotions in the past and one of them(Jumbo Egg Hunt 2) got extra recognition by being selected for inclusion on promotional banners.

I also like that the Nook App Store didn’t have a ton of low quality apps and clones of popular apps that could get in the way of high quality original apps being discovered. It had it’s fair share of those lower quality apps but it wasn’t incredibly overbearing like it often is on other app stores. However, the customer base of the Nook App Store wasn’t nearly as large as the Apple, Amazon or Google Play app stores so even though there was less competition there was also less of an audience to seek. Also, in regards to customer service towards developers. I didn’t have to contact them often but they were nice & informative when I did need to, although not nearly as timely compared to other platforms. Editing/updating metadata wasn’t as smooth and quick as Amazon & Google Play either.

The Nook App Store was never my primary app store, but overall I will miss it. Apple is and has always been my primary app store, with Amazon being my secondary since I joined them. However, in 2016 I’ll continue to focus more on Google Play also which pairs well with the Nook App Store closing since Nook users will be and have been directed towards Google Play for their app needs. I’ll end this little goodbye post with some screenshots of my apps being featured, customer reviews, and my apps that were available at the time of this post on the Nook App Store.

Farewell Barnes & Noble Nook App Store, and to all Nook tablet users, please look for and check out my apps on Google Play or any other app stores that you may have devices for like Apple, Amazon or Windows. Take care!

My apps that were available as of March 2016.

Jumbo Egg Hunt 2 was selected to be featured on the Season’s Best Apps promotional banner during the Easter season.

Light Up The Tree & Gift Wrap Difference included in the Season’s Best Apps during the Christmas season.

Professor Piggy Bank included in the Back to School Apps promo. (Not shown: some of my Word Owl Word Search apps were also included)

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8-Bit Eagle Smash

Word Owl’s Word Search – Christmas

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Some App Store Reviews

RX Quiz of Pharmacy:
“This app is beautiful and highly functional as a study aid for the NAPLEX exam! Excellent for so little $.” -VLenin (Apple)

“I am a pharmacology nursing instructor and this little ap works great for students to review and learn their meds!” -AmazonCustomer (Amazon)

Quiz of Medicine:
“I love this App!!! I love how it shows both generic and brand. Even shows meds that are just now being used. I wish this was out when I was in nursing school” -Winter Desmond (Google Play)

“Better than you think! Really good app has common meds you NEED to know” -Alyjha Williams (Google Play)

“This is a very good app to use in order to get some studying done as a pharmacy technician. I am studying for my board test and this application is the best that I have found in helping to understand questions and how to get them answered. Amazing tool to help you study.” -ChelleTaylor (Apple)

Jumbo Egg Hunt 2:
“This is great because it can be played at an easier level for the youngsters. It is a lot of fun, easy to read directions. Great graphics. Happy Egg hunting.” -Lady Song (Amazon)

Jumbo Egg Hunt:
“”eggcellent” game. The normal mode is challenging enough to make the game enticing and the hard level is not impossible. What a cute game! Where’s the bunny?” -Summer (Amazon)

“This is lots of relaxing fun to play. pretty backgrounds to hunt in and it is not to easy. In one word its fun!!” -Rita (Amazon)

“It is a very puzzling game for my kids and me but it is so much fun to search for the Easter eggs” -Maric (Amazon)

Lightspeed Bit Bit:
“This is a fun little endless game. Great for quick pick-me-up moments. The game is simple but has a cool theme. Game runs smooth and the graphics fit the game very well.” -Frogcatcher (Apple)

Saving Bunnies: “Super fun! It is a little hard but I love it! -Carrie (Amazon)

Rest, Relax & Reflect: “This app does everything it promises. No annoying loops. Easy to use. Quality sound and graphics. Only criticism is that the graphics could have been more lifelike and less like computer animation. However, they were sharp and colourful. Nice app worth the price. -LadySong (Amazon)